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Justin Mares
Personal blog · justinmares.comstartupsbusiness
Justin Mares's personal blog at justinmares.com covers startups and business. Since 2011, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 40 times, most often “Why Real Businesses Don’t Charge $5/Month”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Justin Mares's posts as resources on pricing digital products and services and on the kinds of side businesses people can run to make money online.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Building companies at the intersection of health and technology.
Most-linked posts?
- Why Real Businesses Don’t Charge $5/Month4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2013-02-12
- The 4 kinds of side businesses you can start3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-05-09
- Envy and Entrepreneurship2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-10-26
- Success Isn't Normal2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-06-06
- 6 Ideas to Solve the California Drought2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-07-20
- How to get the most out of meetings2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-05-21
What Hacker News says?
Some resources I've collected about pricing: https://cranberryblog.substack.com/p/a-simple-argument-for-i... https://zimtik.com/en/posts/lessons-learned-on-saas-pricing https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/payback-period https://www.derrickreimer.com/essays/2019/07/01/dont-insult-... https://restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/restaurant-prices/ http://justinmares.com/why-real-businesses-dont-charge-5mont... https://adil…
Comment linking /why-real-businesses-dont-charge-5month
on “Ask HN: Recommended resources for pricing digital products/services?”Submitted The 4 kinds of side businesses you can start as a story · 54 points
HN discussionI'm just a curious user - How can a start-up be profitable if it charges only a one-off fee, and that too only something as low as $50-$60? I think it's a very risky business model. In my opinion, it's a terrible trade off and you're probably going to bite more than you can chew. Let me explain. For example, let's consider two apps A and B. A charges a $50 one-off fee and B charges a $20 recurring fee. Sure, A will…
Comment linking /why-real-businesses-dont-charge-5month/
on “Without this, your product is doomed to fail”Submitted Why Real Businesses Don’t Charge $5/Month as a story · 45 points
HN discussionSome ideas here: http://justinmares.com/the-4-kinds-of-side-businesses-you-ca...
Comment linking /the-4-kinds-of-side-businesses-you-can-start/
on “Ask HN: What are the most viable ways to make money online?”Submitted Why Real Businesses Don't Charge $5/month as a story · 39 points
HN discussionSubmitted Thoughts on Paul Graham's "Growth" as a story · 39 points
HN discussionSubmitted Social Skills Bootcamp as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is Beef Bad for the Environment? as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Choose a Startup Idea as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Envy and Entrepreneurship as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Real Businesses Don’t Charge $5/month: Part 2 as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Startup Guide to Competitive Research as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Entrepreneurship and Envy as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Easiest Way for Wikipedia to Make Money as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Psychology Behind Lean Startups as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Kinds of side businesses you can start as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is beef bad for the environment? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Replaceability vs. Impact: A Framework for Deciding What to do with Your Life as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Working for the Long Term as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to get the most out of meetings as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Fat Doctor Problem as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Evolution and AI as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Benefits of Freemium that Nobody Talks About as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Questions to Get the Most out of Meetings as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Manage Employees Older than You as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Philosophy and Startups as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Find Anyone's Email as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Power Structures as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Work and a Life Well-Lived as a story · 1 points
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